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Love Actually (2003)
You wanna watch an excellent, touching Brit com, featuring a load of Brit stars? Something along the lines of "Four Weddings and a Funeral?" Then you wanna watch THIS ONE!
This movie has MANY plot strings, connected to the prime actors, the STARS of this movie, as in Liam Neeson, the bereaved husband with his very young son who falls in love with a girl and asks his dad:
Son: Daniel! I have a plan!
Father (LIam Neeson): Thank the Lord! Tell me!
Son: Well, girls love musicians, don't they?
Liam: "Uh-huh."
Son: Even the really weird ones get girlfriends.
Liam: That's right. Even Meatloaf definitely got laid at least once. For God's sake, Ringo Starr married a Bond girl!"
Son: Whatever. There's this big concert ...
Then there's Hugh Grant who's struggling dealing with a cute -- and slightly overweight -- assistant.
And Keira Knightley looks her best, who comes to realize that her new husband's best friend is head over heels in love with her.
Bill Nighy, a world-weary pop musician, gives a great Robert Palmer impression to the point of going overboard -- includes the sexy background singers.
Laura Linney can't reconcile her psychologically disturbed brother's needs with her own sexual desires.
Emma Thompson and her husband, Harry Potter's Professor Snape, the late Alan Rickman, who is AGGRESSIVELY and successfully pursued by his sexy assistant.
And Kris Marshall of "Death in Paradise" fame -- OMG, it is hard to find another Brit actor of such natural naivete, who leaves Britain because he can't find a girl and travels to America where the first thing he does upon arrival at the airport in Minneapolis is asking the taxi driver: "Take me to a bar," where he promptly gets to know four young, sexy callgirls who fall in love with his accent and take him home where they only have one bed.
Staying on this theme, there is Martin Freeman who plays the most sweet, innocent porn actor who warms his hands before he touches the porn actress's body and makes the most hilarious conversation while having sex with her with the cameras rolling. Of course, she falls in love with him.
Oh, my God, did I forget Colin Firth and his Portuguese maid, who while serving him a fresh cup of tea removes the empty cup that is holding down some 100 pages of his finished script that then fly away in the wind into the nearby lake, where both of them jump in, in the middle of winter, trying to retrieve the pages before they're getting soaked and sinking to the bottom?
And how would you duplicate the ending credits, with the Beach Boys' "God Only knows"???
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
How Times Have Changed! Or Have They?
I've never watched this movie from the very beginning and just caught the Orchestral Intro for the first time. Did you notice that there was not ONE FEMALE MUSICIAN in the Orchestral Intro? Now, I don't think 20th Century Fox planned it that way, but it flows perfectly into the theme of this movie "How to Marry a Millionaire:" Women attempting to catch a rich man to create a meaning for their existence/lives. It's 1953 and the male-dominated society of the USA. Women are housewives or secretaries. And a per mille make it as actresses, artists or models, more often than not with a short-lived future, unless they catch a husband. Women's existences are defined by their husbands'. And these THREE, Loco Dempsey, Pola Debevoise and Schatze Page portray this self-perceived/identified reality to a T. Neither of them has a career or professional aspirations of their own -- all they aspire to is the money of a millionaire. And they will give their best to attain, including all the services required, to maintain it.
That's why this anachronistic movie is so intriguing -- or is it really that anachronistic? If you're a young, cute, beautiful, sexy girl/woman TODAY -- wouldn't you rather catch a rich man and live the life versus suffering the pain and suffering of college, law school or business school FOR YEARS, or worse work in an office or factory for low wages?
I guess the answer is: HOW MUCH DO YOU VALUE INDEPENDENCE?
Meet Joe Black (1998)
An Absolute Must Watch, on a Friday Night, be you a guy or a gal.
Emotions, running crazy, throughout this movie. You WILL be touched and probably shed tears. It's a well-scripted plot with just the right switch points. It plays out an existential occurrence facing ALL OF US, eventually -- but here with a TWIST. Death takes on a body, Brad Pitt. And here is one reason you should watch this movie: Brad Pitt never looked more handsome. Now, Death is not quite familiar with the world as we know it, which adds to the quirky script. And what about the supporting cast, as in Marcia Gay Harden and Jeffrey Tambor? Oh, did I mention Anthony Hopkins? He is confronted with Death, who is wearing a suit and sporting gorgeous highlights and sparkling blue eyes. Hopkins is on top of his game -- quiet, deliberate, THINKING (of course, he's about to be taken away).
And then there is the 3rd Element: Claire Forlani. OMG. Without HER, there would not be this movie.
Death in Paradise: Man Overboard: Part 2 (2017)
Essential episode to watch
For one, this is only one of two episodes (Part 1 being the other) that actually largely plays in London. But, more importantly, this is the episode that explains the change of inspectors/lead characters. Some of you may have wondered "what they hey happened to "Humphrey" and where is "Mooney" all of a sudden coming from? Well, this is the only episode where you've got both, together. And the point is? Humphrey, with the enigmatic help of Mooney, realizes that paradise is where your heart is, and Mooney, who has lost his wife just a month earlier, decides, with his daughter's egging, to transfer to the Caribbean Island of St. Marie, for therapeutic reasons.
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Great visuals
Beautiful authentic Greek scenery. The movie lives by its aesthetics and quirky characters.
A Novel Romance (2015)
A Disaster of a Denouement.
I found the intrinsic denouement, i.e. Liam's/Gabriel August's revealing his true identity, came WAY TOO LATE, and when it came, it turned into utter disappointment. Gabriel August had several opportunities and may I say weakly and meekly eschewed each of them -- and when he finally did reveal himself, it turned into a disaster. The viewer had been looking forward to the resolution for quite some time, and when it finally did occur, it was not a joyous moment of surprise but a painful-to-watch disintegration, a falling apart of the plot. I imagine the screenwriter, a Hanz Wasserburger, struggled to write a script that could hold suspense for 1 hr 26 min. The movie held my suspense for quite a while, but one can only be patient that long, AND THEN one is rewarded with disappointment.
Sex Is Comedy (2002)
Unbelievably boring movie.
1 hour and 40 minutes of talking--boring talking, and more talking and then some. It is hard for me to grasp how an actress like Anne Parillaud, who shone superbly in Femme Fatale, would sign up for such a piece of crap! Unbelievable. If you need a nightcap, this movie might help, although I would prefer some nice classical music. unfortunately, i just found out that i have to write 10 lines for my comment to appear--that's almost as unbelievable! so, short and succinct one or two sentence commentaries expressing one's core take on a movie is not enough. geez, people. i made my point and don't to waste your time with more, unnecessary words--as this movie does. Wolfgang
Derailed (2005)
Worst movie ever
This was the worst movie I've ever seen. The director has absolutely no clue as to how much/long you can torment a hero! Clive Owen, the hero in this movie, suffers throughout the entire disaster of a movie and so do the viewers who identify with him (after all, he is the hero). The whole movie is sheer painful torment. How can a producer/studio consent to the release of such a painful, you-should-get-your-money-back plus MORE piece of crap???? I will never understand. Although I have made my statement without using too many words, the IMDb computer program will not allow to post my succinct comment but requires me to write a minimum of 10 lines for a comment to be accepted for posting--hence I am writing on. How many more lines?